The NARS Pool Lifeguard course is essential for those employees who are require the necessary skills to observe a swimming pool as their full time job. Below are the course details from the STA website - www.sta.co.uk
Entry Requirements
Candidates must:
- Be able to swim 100 metres on their front and 100 metres on their back
- Be able to swim 50 metres in 1 minute
- Be able to surface dive and recover an object from the deepest part of the pool
- Be 16 years of age, or older, at the time of the examination
- Pay the requisite registration fee to the STA
- Attend a course of instruction for a minimum of 36 hours; this includes the Aquatic Rescue Foundation Unit
- (Where candidates have not undertaken prior reading and completed ARFU worksheets prior to the course then the minimum time will be 30 hours)
NaRS Pool Lifeguard Specification
The specification for the qualification is:
Theory Section
Complete the worksheets to demonstrate a clear understanding of the pool safety operating procedures and how they relate to pool supervision covering the following topics:
- The role and duties of a lifeguard
- The legislative background
- The swimming pool and specialist water features
- Pool safety operating procedures
- First Aid
- Resuscitation
Rescue Section
With minimum additional clothing of a T-shirt and shorts or skirt. Demonstrate the ability to carry out the following safely and effectively:
Either:
- Using a reaching aid, rescue a casualty in difficulty 2 metres from the poolside
OR
- Using a poolside rescue aid (rope, throw bag, torpedo buoy, lifebelt etc), rescue a casualty in difficulty 8 metres from the poolside
OR
- Using a rescue aid wade 5 metres to rescue a non-swimmer just out of their depth and assist them out of the pool.
Swim 20 metres to a weak swimmer in difficulty and perform a 20 metre contact tow to safety and assist them out of the pool and provide aftercare. (The casualty should be of equivalent weight and size to the rescuer). There is a time limit of 20 seconds to cover the first 20 metres.
Swim 5 metres to a casualty and tow 10 metres demonstrating a tow suitable for either:
- A non-swimmer
OR
- An injured swimmer.
Swim 5 metres to recover a simulated body from the bottom of the deepest part of the pool (using a submersible dummy or manikin). On reaching the surface exchange the simulated body for a live simulated unresponsive casualty, tow to the side and, with assistance land and place in the recovery position.
Swim 5 metres to a prone casualty with a suspected spinal injury, turn the casualty who is breathing, take to safety, and support the casualty with the aid of assistance for:
- A casualty in shallow water
OR
- A casualty in deep water
Acting as a lifeguard, individually, or as part of a team, initiate the appropriate procedures, prevent and/or rescue and provide aftercare of 2 possible casualties from a previously unknown simulated emergency situation.
Resuscitation Section
Using a live simulated unconscious casualty (not a manikin) demonstrate:
- Turning a casualty from prone to supine
- Checking the airway, signs of breathing and signs of circulation
- The action for vomiting
- The recovery position and aftercare
- Obtaining an airway on a suspected spinal injury casualty with assistance
- The action for vomiting for a suspected spinal injury, with assistance
- Using a facemask on a suitable manikin, demonstrate rescue breathing for 2 minutes
- Using a suitable adult manikin, demonstrate 1 and 2 person cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for a total of 4 minutes. (Face and supplementary oxygen masks may be used).
- Demonstrate CPR for 2 minutes each on:
- A child manikin
- A baby manikin
- Complete a 25 question multiple choice paper on Resuscitation and First Aid
Site-Specific Training
After completion of the NaRS[PL] course and examination candidates will be qualified to act a probationary pool lifeguard. To become fully qualified candidates must:
- Undertake induction and on-the-job training, under supervision, in the site-specific procedures of the employer, in accordance with the regulations of the employer.
- Complete the site-specific worksheets to the satisfaction of the pool management in respect of every pool at which the lifeguard operates.
- Undertake ongoing training.
NaRS Pool Lifeguard Assessment
The qualification is assessed as set out below; candidates must satisfy all of the following:
- Continual assessment by the tutor.
- Completion of the Portfolio to the satisfaction of the course tutor (Foundation and NaRS[PL]).
- Complete the Worksheets to the satisfaction of the tutor and examiner (Foundation and NaRS[PL]).
- Completion of 5, multiple-choice examination papers, each question is worth 1 mark, with a 70% pass mark.
- Complete a 25 question, 30 minute multiple-choice, examination paper with questions on the resuscitation and aftercare of babies, children and adults and on basic first aid (pass mark 18).
- Demonstrating the ability to carry out various defined rescue activities in a safe manner.
- Demonstrating CPR and the preparatory actions and aftercare.
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